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“This non-profit will be the ‘voice of the gamers’” - Former Disco Elysium devs break new ground with player- and developer-owned studio structure
Elsewhere on the site, you can read a big reveal piece that outlines the new game from former Disco Elysium devs under the name of Summer Eternal - an “incendiary RPG” fusing the best bits of text-heavy isometric role-playing games with the world-building and player agency of an immersive sim.
Cybersecurity
The Blind Spots of Agentic Pentesting and How to Close Them
AI-powered penetration testing can uncover complex attack paths, but safety restrictions and network limitations leave many assets and vulnerabilities untested. Picus Security explains how combining agentic pentesting with exposure validation and breach simulation can help close these gaps.
Mobile
WhatsApp Now Lets Anyone Join Calls, No Account Needed
Popular Meta chat app WhatsApp today gained guest calling, a feature that lets users invite anyone to join a voice or video call, even if the invitee doesn’t have a WhatsApp account.
Gaming
Ready player one? Why the games arcade is having a rebirth
After years of sprawling ‘forever’ games, players are rediscovering the pleasures of more focused experiences. Could a new wave of independent arcades bring back the social side of gaming? • Don’t get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox?
General Tech
Earth’s Condition Is ‘Serious and Getting Worse’ as Climate Change Intensifies
Seven of 16 planetary vital signs are in their most extreme state ever recorded, and El Niño is here to make matters even worse.
General Tech
NTangible bets it can predict how athletes will perform under pressure
NTangible is building an analytics platform for collegiate sports organizations and other clubs to measure an athlete’s “clutch” factor.
Hardware
SK hynix to place custom tiny CPU cores in its SSD controllers to ease Arm load as drive speeds rocket
SK hynix detailed H-TPU, tiny in-house cores that offload routine I/O from the Arm CPUs in its next enterprise SSD controllers.
Artificial Intelligence
Halo’s co-creator wrote a novel about AI taking over the world
Back in 2019, author Margaret Stohl was handed a manuscript written by Jason Jones, who’s best known as the co-creator of sci-fi gaming series Halo and Destiny. The two had worked together at Bungie, and Jones wanted Stohl’s opinion on a book he was writing about AI taking over the world.
Mobile
WhatsApp adds a guest option for joining calls without an account
It’s also working on calendar integrations for later this year.
Cybersecurity
Windows update patches a whopping 1,400 security bugs – including 2 zero days
This month’s update also marks the first official one for Windows 11 26H2 and the end of support for Windows 11 24H2 Home and Pro.
Artificial Intelligence
Meta Extends Confidential Computing to AI Glasses with Private Processing
Meta has extended Private Processing to AI glasses, using confidential VMs, trusted execution environments, remote attestation, anonymous credentials, OHTTP routing, and TEE-based storage to process AI workloads and persistent user context in the cloud. By Leela Kumili
Cybersecurity
Virtual Event Today: Zero Trust Strategies Summit
SecurtyWeek’s 2026 Zero Trust Strategies Summit kicks off today at 11AM ET as a fully immersive virtual conference and expo.
Mobile
Ukraine blindsided by Starlink throttling restrictions and intelligence gaps
Kyiv’s forces experience connectivity problems on Elon Musk’s satellite network.
Gaming
Epic’s new games launcher is ‘vibe coded’
Epic Games is announcing a big refresh of its PC games launcher today in preview, saying that the new version is “way faster” and now supports Linux. But the company, which has been publicly making a big push into AI-assisted development, also notes that the refresh was “vibe coded.”
Gaming
Epic is bringing Fortnite to Linux
Epic is working on bringing Fortnite to Linux through its Epic Games Launcher. The new launcher is releasing in preview today, and for the first time on Linux, and while Fortnite isn’t available there just yet, Epic wants to make that a reality.
Mobile
AppleCare+ Launched 15 Years Ago Today
AppleCare+ became available for the first time 15 years ago today, on October 14, 2011, alongside the iPhone 4S, following its announcement ten days earlier.
Gaming
PS5 homebrew storefront with over 1,600 free PS5 and PS4 games taken down by Sony
Over 1,600 PS4 and PS5 games have been made free on jailbroken PS5 units thanks to Overdrive. The homebrew was quickly shut down after going viral, but was quickly revived through forks and re-releases under new accounts.
Cybersecurity
Huskeys Launches Profiling to Advance Proactive Network Edge Security
For security teams, detecting a threat is only part of the challenge. They must also determine which application is at risk, how the activity relates to legitimate business operations, and what action will reduce exposure without interrupting users.
Hardware
How to watch LASK vs Liverpool: FREE Streams & TV Channels for Champions League 2026/27
All the ways to watch LASK vs Liverpool live streams online, including for free, as Andoni Iraola takes his team to Austria as the Champions League resumes
Mobile
Google’s new ‘Shop devices’ tab sells Pixel and Samsung Galaxy devices side by side
Google has launched a new “Shop devices” portal that lets interested buyers pick up a Samsung Galaxy smartphone from the Google Store, right alongside a Pixel phone or Watch. more…
Mobile
Oppo teases true-to-life imaging on the new Find X10 series
Oppo launched the Find X10 Pro Max and Find X10 in China on September 22, and they are set to launch globally later this month. Today, the company has started teasing that global debut with a short video focused on what it calls “true-to-life imaging”.
Hardware
Fujifilm’s new square format instant camera adds analog color filters
Continuing the analog approach of the Instax Square SQ6 that launched in 2018 and follow-ups like the Square SQ1 and SQ40, the new Fujifilm Instax Square 2 skips digital functionality while still introducing the ability to customize the look and feel of instant photos.
Mobile
Apple Reportedly Planning Large iPhone 18 Production Run
Apple is reportedly preparing a substantial production run for the standard iPhone 18, following the iPhone 17’s success as the world’s best-selling smartphone.
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